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of his route of travel, and that he would be 
fifteen sleeps on the way home. Taking a small 
memorandum book from a parfleche, he showed 
me where he had six straight marks and then a 
cross for Sunday. He tbld me he did not want 
to start on his trip home on Sunday, and wished 
to know the day of the week, as he bad lost his 
reckoning. I put him right, and he said he would 
start on the following Monday. 
His buffalo were doing well and were becom¬ 
ing quite docile. All preparations were made 
for his departure, and he talked hopefully of 
getting safely across the mountains. He always 
impressed me as being an Indian of marked de¬ 
termination, and at no time did it occur to me 
that he would not succeed in his effort. 
On Monday he bade me a cordial good-bye, 
passing out, his wife and pack horses in the lead 
They had discarded the travois with which they 
usually traveled, saying they could handle the 
buffalo better with her as a rider. Sam brought 
up the rear, the buffalo following the pack 
horses. The three bubs were head and foot 
hobbled, the four heifers loose; seven head in 
all is my recol’ection of the bunch. 
Of the trip to the Teton River, to the Sun 
River, to the Dearborn and up that stream to 
the Cadotte Pass I have heard no word; of the 
crossing of these streams at this season, of the 
trip over the main range, down the Blackfoot 
River, all trace is probably forever lost. Through 
Indian sources I afterward learned that on the 
way over by some accident one bull became dis¬ 
abled and died. Sam arrived safely in the Flat- 
head without further accident to the other buf¬ 
falo. I also afterward learned, through Indian 
sources, that immediate’y upon his arrival upon 
the reservation he was arrested and severely 
flogged, by order of the soldier band of his own 
tribe of Indians. As I understand the story, Sam 
had no time or opportunity to meet the fathers 
and tender his peace offering. 
In course of time I heard of Sam’s death, not 
in battle as a warrior, but passing away peace¬ 
fully in his lodge or cabin. 
SAMUEL, THE PEND d’OREII.LE. 
From Pablo and his wife I learned that Sam 
returned to the Flathead about 1878. Fie brought 
with him five or six buffalo. They knew noth¬ 
ing of the flogging that Mr. Aubrey tells of, or 
perhaps had not noticed it in those busy times, 
as they have always been workers, rather than 
gossipers and visitors. 
Sam ranged his buffalo ten miles below the St. 
Ignatius Mission, between Crow and Post Creek. 
Little is known of his life by Pablo. 
In 1882 or 1883 Michel Pablo and Chas. Allard 
bought the buffalo of Sam. There were four¬ 
teen head, but the number of bulls and females 
could not be remembered. There was still a 
considerable number of buffa'o on the plains, and 
they did not possess the interest they now have. 
Sam lived on Crow Creek until 1886, and died 
in that year. He left a few head of horses and 
very little property. His wife, who made sd 
much trouble on the plains, afterward married 
a mixed blood named Alex Finlay. Sam died 
a good Christian, and his regard for Christian 
teachings saved the buffalo. The widow died 
last year. If she had been living I should have 
found her at a'l cost. J. B. M. 
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